[mythtv-users] UPnP Playback Device

[Misty P]

Brian Wood wrote:
> I'd like to add such a device to my network, for use by people who
> are unable or unwilling to learn to use a full-blown Myth F/E, as
> well as add the ability to play back Netflix "Watch Instantly"
> material.
>
> I have a D-Link DSM-520, it seems to work, but locks up on occasion
> without warning, requiring a power cycle to recover.
>
> Anyone have any war stories, good or bad, about these units? Any
> suggestions as to the best one to use? Or if I should be considering
> one at all?

I've been pretty happy with my Zyxel DMA-1000 (not 1000W).  Rock solid unit. 
The only drawbacks that I encountered were no commercial skipping (which 
applies to all uPnP devices) and in the case of the DMA1000, no x264. 
Everything I recorded with myth OTA (ATSC) plays perfectly with it.

But no x264 is really cramping my style with "the other" stuff I want to 
play, so it's been replaced as a front end by a full front end, and used as 
a tertiary front end.